Dynamics of extravascular pulmonary water and intracranial pressure in patients with ischemic stroke.

The objective of the present study was to examine the relationship among extravascular pulmonary water, intracranial and cerebral perfusion pressure, hemodynamic parameters (eg, cardiac index, system vascular resistance index), and brain stem function during acute ischemic stroke. The subjects were 17 comatose patients with ischemic stroke who were admitted to an intensive care unit. The results revealed an elevation in extravascular lung water in the absence of cardiac dysfunction.

[Treatment of DIC syndrome in patients with severe craniocerebral trauma].

Transfusion of fresh-frozen plasma with fraxiparin is the most rational basic therapy for the first and third clinical pathogenetic variants of subacute disseminated intravascular coagulation in multiple-modality treatment of severe craniocerebral injury. In the second variant of this condition, high doses of proteinase inhibitors in combination with minimum heparin doses are the most rational.